Button-fastener



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BUTTON FASTENBR.

N0.269,1870. Patented'Jan. 2, 1888.

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UNIT-En STATES PATENT @erica ANNA MCKEVIICF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 269,5.'70, datedJanuary 2, 1883,

Application tiled May 1l, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA MCKEVIT, of

Chicago, in the county ot' Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvementsin Button Stems and Fasteners, ofwhich the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is afull, clear, and exact description, which willA enable others skilled inthe art to which myinvention appertains to make and use the same.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation ofa button provided with astem and fastener embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical centralsection thereof, also showing the relative position of the cloth orgoods to which the button may be applied; and Fig. 3 is a side view ofvthe stem and fastener detached and enlarged.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the different iiguresofthe drawings.

My invention is especiallyapplicable to use in connection with thatclass ot' buttons having a base or body consisting of wood or othermaterial covered with crochet, cloth, velvet, or similar material,thebase or body being sudciently hard or tirm to retain a screwthreadedpoint orstem forced or screwed thereinto.

A represents the-base or body, and B is a covering, which togetherrepresent a button of the class hereinbet'ore referred to.

C is a screw, near the central part 0f which is a flange or collar, C. Asmallertlange, collar, or oii'set, a, may also be made on the screw, asshown.

D is a mit run upon the outer cud of the screw. Both ends ot' the screware tapering or pointed, as shown-the inner end in order that the screwmay be screwed with facility into the base or body A, and the outer endin order that it may be pushed through the goods without breaking thethreads or otherwise injuring the material. The outer end ot' the screwshould not protrude through the nut.

E represents the goods.

The mode ot'applying the button is indicated in Fig. 2, and it willbeperceived on reference thereto that the stem and fastening is simpleand durable and may be easily applied, and permits the button to beadjusted with facility.

I am awarethatscrew-stems haveheretofore been made pointed on one end,and that that end has been adapted to be screwed into thc body ofthebutton. In removing the screws 0r stems from buttons ot' this class, 4inorder that the buttons may be applied to new apparel, after having beenused upon old garments, the screw or stem is liable to cut the threadaway in the button-body, and the buttons would become loose and fall ottand incapable 0f further service. It will be perceived, however, thatthe screw C, whenonce applied to the button, is allowed to remain in itconstantly thereafter, and that the button may nevertheless be removedfrom old goods or garments and applied to new, orchanged from onegarment to another with facility, without injury either to the goods orgarments, or to the buttons. This desirable result I accomplish mainly'by Ineans of a double-pointed screw and a removable clamping-nut.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters` Patent, is

1. The doublepointed centrallytlanged screw, in combination with abutton and a clamping-nut, substantially as specified.

2. The combination ot' the button-body A, the double-pointed screw C,.having thereon the central Hange or collar, C, and a collar or o'set,a., and the clam ping-nut l), substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

ANN A MCYKEVIT.

Witnesses:

N. CoWLEs, J S. THOMPSON.

